GROUNDWATER REPORT
June 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLA UNITED Nations Environment Programme report has urged governments to take better care of the underground aquifers that they plunder for drinking water supplies, warning that many countries are pumping groundwater at unsustainable rates.The paper singles out Spain's Segura river basin for particular concern. Its aquifers serve the cities of Murcia and Alicante, along with the Costa Blanca tourist resorts, where "the ratio of ground water storage depletion to available renewable water resources has increased from less than 20 per cent in the ...
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